I never thought much about them until “Monster” came out. Thought it was pretty good. “What’s the Frequency Kenneth”, “Crush With Eyeliner”, lots of good tunes. Roommate had the CD. Drank a lot of beer to it. No. There probably weren’t a lot of hardcore Republicans preaching family and constitutional values on the alt./grunge scene back in the 90’s.
I keep my politics and music in different draws. Pisses me off when musicians try and disrupt my draws. I make sounds on a guitar and admire those who can actually play, unfortunately those types are often the artsy fartsy folks who hate my guns. When I find an artist who is a shooter as well, that just makes me like them a little more.
A bowhunter at heart but a gun guy at soul. I'll take craftsmanship, wood and blue steel over plastic and composite any day.
Michael Stipe was a woke, virtue-signaling asswhole before anyone had ever heard of that term.
At an outdoor concert in the late eighties, he saw an audience member drinking out of a styrofoam cup. He temporarily stopped the performance to lecture the audience on how styrofoam was destroying the ozone layer.
I was at a Collective Soul show last night and watched them perform a stirring rendition of The One I Love. It was the second time I've seen them play it and they always give thanks for all the artists that came from Georgia that paved the way for them.
The part about being from Georgia and the bands that preceded them and the REM cover start at 1:16:00.
I was at a Collective Soul show last night and watched them perform a stirring rendition of The One I Love. It was the second time I've seen them play it and they always give thanks for all the artists that came from Georgia that paved the way for them.
The part about being from Georgia and the bands that preceded them and the REM cover start at 1:16:00.
Most don’t understand that influence and how broad it has been. They were pretty innovative.
It's off Murmur, their first record. I saw them in a bar when they had just released Murmur, all I remember is that the crowd rushed and started slam dancing right out of the gate. I was in college, but it was still pretty weird. They were a punkier, edgier band in those early days.
I was at a Collective Soul show last night and watched them perform a stirring rendition of The One I Love. It was the second time I've seen them play it and they always give thanks for all the artists that came from Georgia that paved the way for them.
The part about being from Georgia and the bands that preceded them and the REM cover start at 1:16:00.
I saw Collective Soul back in 93. It was their first tour, and they opened for Aerosmith.
